St Louis Cardinals 10 Texas Rangers 9 - as it happened

• World Series goes to a seventh game for first time since 2002
• Comebacks in 9th and 10th innings save Cardinals
• David Freese home run in 11th inning seals victory
•Game 7 - live!

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St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese scores the Game Six-winning solo home run and the dugout clears. The Cardinals will play the Texas Rangers in World Series Game Seven on Friday night. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

Preamble: After a 24-hour rain delay, the Texas Rangers could win their first World Series tonight. Or the St Louis Cardinals could force something that has been pretty scarce of late - a World Series Game Seven.

To the casual observer, it might seem like Tony La Russa's bid to win the World Series took a turn for the worst on Tuesday night when the Texas Rangers beat his St. Louis Cardinals to take a three games to two lead, but I know better. How? Because La Russa has taken over my brain and body and is now in full control of nearly everything I say and do. Even more startling, I am not the only one.

How do I know this? Well, it's not the first time I've been occupied. A few years back, Donald Sutherland crept up into my head and stayed there for two years before a very expensive Santería ceremony in Havana was able to drive him out. Yes, I have seen this show before, and this time, it ends in a World Series title for St. Louis and, in all likelihood, world domination for La Russa.

This whole thing with the bullpen phones, and the wrong pitcher being ready to come in the game—a total set up. Tony La Russa is playing with all of us, including the Texas Rangers, the bodies of whom, are already being occupied by our master. Sure, Josh Hamilton is injured, he hits .158 all the time. Coincidence? Hardly. And either was the hit-and-run Albert Pujols "put-on himself" in the 7th inning of Game Five, a key move that led to Allen Craig getting thrown out. Of course Pujols put it on himself. The same way someone stole $10,000 worth of Lindsay Lohan's vintage underwear from her dressing room during a recent music video shoot.

La Russa is a devious plotter, he knows to keep the mind control thing on the down low—a victory in seven games is far less conspicuous than a sweep. I suspect he'll take his title and begin to oust the world's rulers away, one by one. Shortly after that, we'll all be bowing before La Russa.

The plan continues tonight, after La Russa forced Game Six to be postponed on Wednesday due to rain that he himself brought about. It's "Colby Lewis" on the mound for Texas, while Jaime Garcia, whose name I promise to spell correctly tonight, every single time, will pitch for the Cardinals, who are at home, playing in front of their home zombies.

Star Spangled Banner: Here's (almost) what it's like to be in the stadium when Zooey Deschanel - a big favourite around this blog - sings the national anthem at a World Series game.

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Top 1st: There's a great energy in the park tonight, with the crowd bundled up, ready to watch October World Series baseball. It's 53 degrees at first pitch but it will drop into the 40's. And a chilly start for Jaime Garcia, who walks Ian Kinsler to start the festivities. Rangers 0 Cardinals 0

Top 1st: And it's downhill from there. Elvis Andrus delivers a base hit, sending Kinsler to third, and then the previously missing Josh Hamilton sends the crowd into a panic with an RBI knock giving the visitors an early first inning lead. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

Top 1st: Time to settle down and calm those Game Six jitters says Garcia. He strikes out Michael Young for the first out of this inning. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

Top 1st: Still runners at the corners here, Garcia has an out in the bag but he's still got what we call a situation, especially with the dangerous Beltre at the plate. Garcia is a cool customer, sending a perfectly placed changeup past the swinging bat of Beltre. He's an out a way of getting out of jail here. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

Top 1st: I tell you what, you gotta be doing hand stands if you're a fan of the Red birds right now. Garcia, in heaps of trouble here, gets out of it down a single run. Nelson Cruz grounds into a force play to retire the side as these rib eating Midwesterners can breathe a little. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

Bottom 1st: So now it's the Cardinals chance to swing the bats, and leading off the game for the home town team is Rafael Furcal, who was a big part of the Cards late surge. He flies to center field, a less auspicious start for Colby Lewis than Garcia had starting off his half of the frame. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

@Snooker HQ tweets "@GdnUSsports @LengelDavid I said from the start that the Cards would win it in Game 7 and I'm sticking by that!"

It's all in Gods hands, and he's catching and batting 7th.

Bottom 1st: Skip Schumaker singles, but Albert Pujols is in and out quickly, flying to right. Rangers 1 Cardinals 0

Launch The Donkey: St. Louis Cardinals' Lance Berkman jogs back to the dugout after hitting a two-run home run. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

Bottom 1st: ROAR!!! Berkman launches one deep to left-center field and the Redbirds have the lead, just like that, with one mighty swing from Lance Berkman. Instant offense courtesy of the Big (but slimmer than he has been in previous seasons) Puma. Cardinals 2 Rangers 1

Bottom 1st: The inning continues after Lewis issues a walk to Matt Holliday, so two outs and one for that David Freese. Cardinals 2 Rangers 1

Bottom 1st: Freese chases a ball out of the zone, and Lewis escapes further damage. Each teams has runs on the board already--will it be one of those games? Cardinals 2 Rangers 1

Top 2nd: Mike Napoli, who had the big home run in Game Five, and has been a complete and total animal for all of 2011, leads off the visiting half of the frame by drawing a walk. Tradning Napoli from his Blue Jays to the Texas Rangers may be one of the only questionable moves that Alex Anthopoulos has made as Toronto GM. Cardinals 2 Rangers 1

Top 2nd: More trouble for Garcia follows the lead off walk. Craig Gentry singles bringing up the pitcher to bunt the runner over. But no! Phenomenal double play here as Garcia comes off the mound, pouncing on the bunt, firing to third to get Napoli, Freese gunning over to first to complete the DP. Great work there by Cardinal gloves. Two down. Cardinals 2 Rangers 1

Top 2nd: How big was that double play? Ian Kinsler send one over the wall...on a bounce, and the ground rule double scores Gentry and ties this ballgame. A lot of action early on wouldn't you say? Rangers 2 Cardinals 2

Top 2nd: Andrus is next with a runner in scoring position, and Elvis pops out to end the inning, but the run is in, and we are tied in St. Louis heading to the third. Rangers 2 Cardinals 2

James Irving writes "Deschanel's days of goodwill must surely come to an end with the onset of her new 'comedy' show 'The New Girl'. Imagine a really, really terrible episode of Friends which focuses solely on Jennifer Aniston's character, for -ever-.. That anthem stirs up dark places inside me... On with the Baseball please..James - Minneapolis"

Bottom 2nd: We start with something we haven't seen a whole lot of--early inning outs. God, who is having a good but not great World Series, somewhat unusual for a super natural being, grounds out. Then Little Nick Punto goes down on strikes, leaving it for the pitcher Garcia who goes down 5-3. Now, wasn't that easy? Rangers 2 Cardinals 2

Top 3rd: Josh Hamilton can't repeat his first inning form, striking out swinging to lead it off. Michael Young follows with a knock, but is erased by another Cardinal double play. It ends the inning--Garcia better get hose steak dinners ready for his infield. Rangers 2 Cardinals 2

Bottom 3rd: Big thanks to the Cardinals and Rangers for calming things down a bit here, allowing me to scarf down this lo mein. Keep it up boys, half way to go. Two quick outs to start it off, Furcal popped out to second, and then Schumaker gave it a ride to center before stalling on the warning track. That means Pujols is up with no one on, just the way Ron Washington likes it. He also gives it a ride, but like Skip, falls short. And the score remains the same. Rangers 2 Cardinals 2

Matt Holliday and Rafael Furcal of the St. Louis Cardinals collide in a costly fourth inning error. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty

Top 4th: Fernando Salas enters the game in place of Garcia...cue the circus music. A routine fly ball by Nelson Cruz to left field is interrupted by shortstop Rafael Furcal, who decides to get in the way of Holliday, who could have caught that ball blind and drunk if he were left alone to field his position. That means Salas, through no fault of his own, now has to deal with a runner on second. And wouldn't you know it, Napoli makes the sloppy, bungling birds pay in the form of an opposite field RBI single. Oh dear, we may be talking about that for a while if the Rangers win a tight one tonight. Rangers 3 Cardinals 2

Top 4th: More action. Gentry strikes out, before the pitcher Lewis lays down a bunt that Salas throws into the outfield. That's the second Cards error of the inning. Napoli appears to be banged up as he heads into second but stays in the game. So two on and one out for Ian Kinsler who strikes out, bringing life to a crowd that has watched their team come apart somewhat here in the fourth. Andrus lines out sharply to left, and another eventful inning is in the books. Rangers 3 Cardinals 2

Bottom 4th: The first play of the inning is a grounder by Berkman that Michael Young gathers and throws to Lewis. No problem, except that the throw is off, and Lewis misses the bag, allowing Berkman to be safe--an error by Young. This makes me recall the time that Steve Busfield wondered aloud why it's OK to be near the bag on the "neighbourhood" play at second, but not at first. Good question wouldn't you say? Anyway, there is more mayhem to follow. Holliday walks and then Freese hits a routine double play ball, but Holliday's take out slide is enough to mess with Andrus, who throws it away. There's no error because you can never assume a double play, but there are balls flying all over the place tonight, and we have a situation here. With one out, Freese is on first and Berkman is on third for God, who grounds out to third, allowing Berkman to come home. It's an RBI for God, and we are tied once more. Rangers 3 Cardinals 3

Bottom 4th: So Freese is now in scoring position with two outs, and the threat that is Little Nick Punto faces Lewis. He strikes out, as Little Nick Punto does, to end another sloppy frame of baseball. Rangers 3 Cardinals 3

David Freese #23 of the St. Louis Cardinals drops an infield pop fly by Josh Hamilton. It might have helped if he'd had his eyes open. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty

Top 5th: You want stunned? That's the only word to describe the sold out crowd at Busch Stadium after watching David Freese drop a routine pop from Hamilton, an inning after Furcal and Holliday tangled on a routine fly in left field. And just like last time, the Rangers make them pay. Michael Young comes home on a double that brings Hamilton all the way around. What else can you say but WTF? Rangers 4 Cardinals 3

Top 5th: This game is looking a lot more like the Mets and Mariners than the American League champs vs. the National League champs. Freese manages to handle a grounder from Beltre for out number one. Then Cruz flies out deep enough that Young can tag and head to third. Mike Napoli, Cardinal killer is treated as such, intentionally walked with first base open. That brings up Gentry, who is pulled in favor of the pinch hitting David Murphy. It's worth mentioning that Derek Holland, who pitched the game of his life earlier in the series, is warming in the bullpen. So it's runners at the corners for Murph who walks. Ron Washington sends the pitcher to bat instead of Yorvit Torrealba, who was in the on deck circle, meaning that Holland warming up was a decoy. Lewis strikes out, and Washington wastes an opportunity to take advantage of a scoring opportunity. Strange days indeed. Rangers 4 Cardinals 3

Bottom 5th Couple of notes here for those scoring at home. Josh Hamilton moves from left to center field, while David Murphy stays in the game in left. John Jay pinch hits for the pitcher and lines to second base, one down. Back to the top of the Cardinal lineup and Furcal, struggling mightily, also grounds to second. So two quick outs for Schumaker, who quickly lines to short--inning over. Pitcher Lance Lynn, who we assume is the pitcher La Russa asked to come in to the game, is heading in for St. Louis. Rangers 4 Cardinals 3

Top 6th: A few notes. John Jay stays in the game playing center field. Kinsler faces Lynn here in the sixth, and the Rangers 2B flies out. Then Andrus goes down 6-3, so two easy outs for Lynn before Hamilton comes to the plate and hits one just past a diving Pujols at first base. One on and one out in the thick part of the lineup, but Michael Young lines out to end a solid inning for Lynn. Rangers 4 Cardinals 3

Bottom 6th: The sight of Pujols in the batters box gets Cards fans riled up, but it doesn't last when their franchise goes down looking. That brings up Berkman, whose been on base twice already tonight. Lewis, trying to get through six innings here, can't retire Berkman who puts it where they aint on the left side of the diamond. It's an infield base hit, and that means there's one out and one on for another big bat, Matt Holliday, who Joe Buck tells me does not have an RBI this series. That tells you just how much the Cards have struggled to hit with the exception of their Game Three, 16-run salvo. Anyway, there's more calamity and more errors. Holliday grounds to Young who looks to second to start a double play attempt, but he drops the ball, everybody is safe. That brings out Rangers manager Ron Washington to get the ball from Lewis, or not. Washington allows his man to stay. A bit unusual, but then again, this game is just that, and then some. So let's reset. First and second and one down for David Freese, who you may remember, dropped a ball of his own earlier. Freese walks, and that brings Washington out once more, where Alexi Ogando enters the game, cue the organ. Rangers 4 Cardinals 3

Bottom 6th: So, big spot here for the Cardinals, and enough time to sneak in an timely email from aartaud who wrote this earlier: "If this game stays as tight as it is (2-2 in the 3rd), I don't like the Rangers bullpen late. Ogando and Feliz were lights-out in the ALCS, but neither has looked in rhythm in this series. They are a Calvin Schiraldi/Donnie Moore incident waiting to happen."

Well, now we will see, here's Ogando, who will face God with the bases loaded.

Bottom 6th: The count moves to 3-0 with God at the plate...

Bottom 6th: Ogando walks God with the bases full, and we are tied up once more. This game gets more ridiculous with each passing frame. Rangers 4 Cardinals 4

St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday is picked off at third base Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

Bottom 6th: WOW! With Little Nick Punto at the plate, Napoli guns down Holliday who is off the bag at third. Bang, bang. Two down, just like that. Rangers 4 Cardinals 4

Bottom 6th: A wild pitch from Ogando allows Freese and God to advance. Second and third now with Little Nick Punto still at the plate. Rangers 4 Cardinals 4

Bottom 6th: Little Nick Punto walks, which is the equivalent of a three-run homer for him. That brings out Washington again, he removes Ogando in favor of Holland, who enters at a critical moment in this Game Six to face John Jay. Cue the organ. Rangers 4 Cardinals 4

Bottom 6th: So here is Holland, who gets it done, stranding three Redbirds on the bases after Jay bounces back to the pitcher who tosses over to first. A long frame yield an important run. Rangers 4 Cardinals 4

Artwork: It's fucking hard to move from catcher to first base, but fucking harder to win the World Series.

Some World Series art sent to us courtesy of sheahey.blogspot.com Public Domain

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Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty

Top 7th: Beltre just turned this game on its head, launching a Lynn offering into right-center field. It's a go-ahead home run form the Texas third baseman, one that' potentially career defining. The Rangers retake the lead once more. It's quiet in St. Louis. Rangers 5 Cardinals 4

Top 7th: But wait, there's more. If you act now, get an back-to-back home run, absolutely free! Nelson Cruz makes it two straight for the Rangers sluggers and the Cardinals, just like that, are down a pair, late. Still no one out. Rangers 6 Cardinals 4

Top 7th: After all that, then Lynn has the pleasure of facing Napoli. Lynn finally gets an out however, as the catcher is called out on strikes. One out for Murphy, who lines it up the middle for a base hit. By the way, in all this craziness, I didn't mention that Matt Holliday was removed from the game--a bruised little finger that came when he slid back to third when he was gunned down by Napoli an inning earlier. Back to action, out two comes on a grounder to Lynn who turns and fires to second base to get Murphy. Holland is on first on a fielders choice. The trainer is out to check on Lynn who slipped on the play. Rangers 6 Cardinals 4

Top 7th: beaudotgiles tweets: "@GdnUSsports didn't think we could have a weirder World Series game than Game 5. I was clearly wrong."

Yeah, I'd have to agree with that. This is certainly not your garden variety World Series encounter, eh?

Top 7th: So Little Nick Punto is removed with Ryan Theriot entering on the double switch. Dotel throws a wild pitch that allows Holland to move to second. Kinsler then gets a hold of one and rips it to center field, bringing holland into score. A tack on run for the Rangers, who are pulling away here. Rangers 7 Cardinals 4

Top 7th: Andrus is retired, a costly inning for the Cards. Rangers 7 Cardinals 4

Seventh Inning Stretch: World Series treat: Take Me Out To The Ball Game played as played on my teeth

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Bottom 7th: There's just nine outs for the Cardinals to get back in this game and extend the Series to a seventh and deciding game. Did I say nine? I meant seven. Two quick outs here, Furcal grounds out then Ryan Theriot pops out. Now Albert Pujols is at bat in what could be his final appearance at the plate in a Cardinal uniform. He could be the best player in the history of the franchise this side of Stan Musial when it is all said and done, but tonight, he is 0-4, and just like that, we head to the eighth. Rangers 7 Cardinals 4

Top 8th: It's cut and paste time as Marc Rzepczynski enters the game for S. Louis. He retires Josh Hamilton quickly, 4-3. Then Mitch Moreland, who replaced Michael Young for defensive purposes (makes a lot of sense tonight I'd say), bounces to the pitcher who tosses to Pujols for out number two. Marc Rzepczynski cruising here, getting the third out, the hitting star Beltre, on a grounder to second. Side retired. Big frame coming up for the Cards. Rangers 7 Cardinals 4

Middle 8th:@ManfrmNantucket tweets: "@GdnUSsports it has it all. Entertaining enough, but by no means "good baseball."

I'm choosing to focus on the entertaining tonight. Sloppy, but fun.

Bottom 8th: Just as the obits are being written, a one out, solo home run from Allen Craig. It seems a long time ago that he was in the middle of things back in Games One and Two. Will Craig be the fire starter in Game Six? Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 8th: David Freese grounds out, two down here in the 8th. That brings up God, who, surprise, singles. That means that the tying run is at the plate for, wait for it, Gerald Laird. Ron Washington is out to get Holland, who will bring in Adams to face the pinch hitting Laird, who, by the way, has not been up yet this series, and has just a single plate appearance in the playoffs. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 8th: Daniel Descalso replaces Laird, who was announced but pulled before he had a chance to hit. Descalso beats out an infield grounder to keep the inning alive. Andrus should have gone to second there. Will it cost Texas? John Jay follows with a hit to load the bases. That brings up Furcal, who can tie this game with a base hit. Mike Maddux is coming out to chat with Mike Adams. Furcal has been so bad mathematically it almost makes sense that he comes through here. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 8th: No...Furcal grounds out weekly, and so go the Cardinals in the 8th. The Texas Rangers are now just three outs away from winning their first title in franchise history, one that began in Washington as the Senators in 1961. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Top 9th: Jason Motte is now in the game. Motte vs. Cruz. Winner: Motte. He gets Cruz to ground out for out number one. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Top 9th: One on and one out. Motte vs. Murphy. Winner, Motte, who gets Murphy to ground out into a fielders choice. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

This is what Albert Pujols thinks of it so far. Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Top 9th: One on and two out. Endy Chavez is on to pinch hit--there's magic in that man I tell ya. Motte vs. Chavez. Winner, Motte, no magic for Endy tonight, but there could be a World Series ring. On to the bottom of the ninth we go. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 9th: This is it! Three more outs for St. Louis to bring us a Game Seven tomorrow night. Can they comeback? Let's see. It's Neftali Feliz on to close it out for Texas. Feliz for Ryan Theriot. Winner, Feliz, who gets Theriot to chase the high hard stuff. One down. Guess who is at the plate? Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 9th: No one on, one out. Feliz vs. Pujols. Winner: Pujols. In what may be his final at bat as a Redbird, he sends it all the way to the eall in left field. Berkman can tie this thing up with a blast. Rangers 7 Cardinals 5

Bottom 9th: Two on, one out. Feliz vs. Craig, who seems to have a knack in these spots. Winner: Feliz. His slider freezes Craig for out number two. It all comes down to this. Ranger 7 Cardinals 5.

Bottom 9th: Two on, two out. Feliz vs. Freese. Winner: Freese. The kid from St. Louis belts an opposite field triple that barely floats over the head of Cruz in right field. Two runs score! Holy shit! This game is tied! Rangers 7 Cardinals 7

Bottom 9th: One on, two out. Feliz vs. God. Winner: Feliz. It's a fly to right, but this time it lands in the glove of Cruz. The inning is over, but the Cards, who were down to their final strike, have tied this game up. Just an incredible finish in St. Louis, which, by the way, seems to have broken Twitter. Ranger 7 Cardinals 7

Top 10th: Extra innings here in Game Six of the World Series, which seemed unlikely just moments ago. What's that you say Yogi? Motte still on here. Motte vs. Kinsler. Winner: Motte, who gets Kinsler to pop out. Rangers 7 Cardinals 7

Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton hits a two run home run in the tenth inning Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Top 10th: One one and one out. Motte vs. Hamilton. Winner, Hamilton. He hits a two run shot that just escapes the fence. it's his first home run in 82 at bats, and the crowd, enjoying the sporting moment of their lives last inning, has become mournfully quiet. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Top 10th: One out, no one on. Motte vs. Moreland. Winner: Motte, who gets Moreland to fly out to center. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Top 10th: Two down, no one on. Motte vs. Beltre. Winner: Motte, who gets Beltre to ground out to third. Side retired. The Rangers have another chance to nail down their World Series title. Can lightning strike twice for St. Louis? Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: Emotions are all over the place in St. Louis. One more crack at it for the Cards here. Darren Oliver, yes, Oliver is on to try and close it out. Add that to the list of ridiculous that is Game Six. Also add that the Cards have no one left on their bench. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: No one on. Oliver vs. Descalso. Winner: Descalso, who leads of the inning with a knock. Everybody have their seatbelts fastened? it's the game that keeps on giving. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: One on, no outs. Oliver vs. Jay. Winner: Jay, who drops one into shallow left. Descalso stops at second, and pitching coach Mike Maddux comes out to talk to Oliver. Here comes a pitcher to bat for the Cards. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: Kyle Lohse is at bat with two on and no outs. Oliver vs. Lohse. Winner: Draw. Lohse does what he's asked to do, move the runners over, but the Rangers have an out. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: Ron Whasington is out to get Oliver. In comes Scott Feldman with runners on second and third with one out. Cue the organ, and somebody get me some oxygen. Rangers 9 Cardinals 7

Bottom 10th: Two on, one out. Feldman vs. Theriot. Winner: Draw. Theriot, who grounds out, scoring Descalso, but the Cards are down to their final out. Rangers 9 Cardinals 8

Bottom 10th: So now there's runners on first and second with two away. A single ties this game, again. Rangers 9 Cardinals 8

Lance Berkman ties the score. Again. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty

Bottom 10th: Feldman vs. Berkman for all the marbles. Winner: Berkman, whose RBI base hit scores Jay. The Cardinals will not die, and come back from two runs down, while down to their final strike, for a second consecutive inning!!!!!! Rangers 9 Cardinals 9

Bottom 10th: Berkman took second on defensive indifference. Second and third with two down. Feldman vs. Craig. Winner: Feldman, who grounds to third, side retired. Another historic inning in what has become a game for the ages. We head to the 11th. Rangers 9 Cardinals 9

Top 11th Jake Westbrook on to pitch for St. Louis. He gets Nelson Cruz to fly to right for the first out. Rangers 9 Cardinals 9

Top 11th: Mike Napoli reaches base for the fifth time tonight with a single to left field. So one on and one out for David Murphy. Rangers 9 Cardinals 9

Top 11th: Murphy pops to center field, and there's two down. Yorvit Torrealba is out to pinch hit temporarily. Washington pulls him back again, meaning the pitcher, Scott Feldman will hit. Or he won't. Weird things going on here. Now it's Esteban German that's up, momentarily. He bounces to second, inning over. Can the Cards wrap this thing up? Rangers 9 Cardinals 9

Bottom 11th: So here we are in the bottom of the 11th, which seemed unlikely in the bottom of the ninth and the bottom of the 10th. Little used Mark Lowe is in, and promptly gives it up to the home-town hero, David Freese, who tied this game earlier, and now LAUNCHES IT OVER THE CENTER FIELD WALL!!! Just like that, this ball game is over, and we will have Game Seven, for the first time since 2002, tomorrow night. Final score: Cardinals 10 Rangers 9

Post-game: Well, if you are a baseball fan, and you watched this game, then you just witnessed one of the most exciting playoff encounters ever, on the grandest baseball stage possible. And now the icing on the cake, a Game Seven, which by the way, is tonight, not tomorrow. We're off to get some sleep, so from our Brooklyn basement HQ, this is Guardian US, signing off. Good night.